Welt butting and tacking machine



. Feb. 18, 1930.

F. L. MACKENZIE 1,747,553

WELT BUTTING AND TACKING MACHINE Fig. 2.

Filed Maron 29. 1928 vPatented Feb. `18, 1930 intatta@ FRED L.MACKENZIE, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHNERYCORPORATEON, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY WELTBUTTING AND TACKING MACHINE Application filed March 29, 1928.

This invention relates to welt butting and tacking machines and isillustrated as embodied in a welt butting and tacking machine which isadapted to operate on shoes having storm welts attached thereto.

The term storm welt refers to a welt which has a main portion similar toa usual welt and a bead portion which lies between the upper and thewelt and serves to esclude moisture from the welt crease and to give anattractiveappearance to the shoe.

As affecting the operation of welt butting and tacking machines, stormwelts are of two kinds. In one kind the bead is either integral with thewelt or is permanently attached to the welt prior to its being sewed tothe upper and insole. In the other kind of storm welt the bead portionis separate from the main portion of the welt, which may be a usual formof welt, the main portion and the bead portion of the welt, withoutprevious attachment to each other, being fed through a Suitable weltguide and both being attached to the shoe in the welting operation. Inthis case, the ends of the welt and bead which extend beyond the ends ofthe inseam and with which the welt butting and tacking machine has todeal are therefore separate and unattached to each other. For handlingstorm welts of the first kind above mentioned, the machine disclosed inUnited States Letters PatentNo. 1,614,836 granted January 18, 1927, onapplication of George Goddu, is well adapted. Y Y

Objects of this invention are to provide an improved machine forperforming the welt butting and tacking operation on shoes to whichstorm welts have been attached and particularly for operating on shoeshaving storm welts of the second kind above mentioned attached thereto.A welt of this kind will, for the sake of brevity, be herein referred toby the term two-piece storm welt to indicate that the main portion andthe bead portion of the welt are not secured to each other prior to thewelting operation.

Features of the invention consist in an organization comprising awelt-support and an anvil plate for supporting the vmain portion of astorm welt, a ledge on the welt sup- Serial No. 265,704.

port to sustain the bead portion of the welt, and static means, that is,means which has no movement relatively to the welt support, fordeflecting inwardly the end of the bead portion of the welt. Preferably,the deflection of the bead is effected as a result of longitudinalrearward movement ofthe shoe incident to the positioning of the shoe Vinthe machine. The illustrated machine is also provided with means forbutting the main portion of the welt and with means for tacking theinwardly bent bead portion of the welt, the machine being organized tooperate upon Vbot-h ends of the welt simultaneously.

It is desirable, in some instances, that the end of the main portion-oftwo-piece storm welting extend rearwardly beyondthe bend of the beadportion and serve to close any crevice between the upper and outsoleproduced by the inwardly bent bead portion. Accordingly, in theillustrated machine the welt deflecting means comprises an inwardlydirected portion on the welt support located forwardly of the guard oranvil plate which determines the line on which the main portion of thewelt will be cut. The main portion of the welt will therefore extendrearwardly beyond the bend of the bead. K Preferably, the inwardlydirected portion of the welt support is grooved to receive the bead'portion and cause it to be bent inwardly as the shoe is pushedrearwardly with respect to it.

In other instances it is desirable that the main portion of the welt becut forwardly of the bend of the bead,v and .accordingly a constructionis illustrated which may be used in place of that above referred to andin which the vdeflecting means is at the rear of the welt support andbeneath the anvil plate so that the main part of the welt will be cutforwardlyof the bend of the bead. In this construction provision is madefor adjustment of the deflecting 'means transverselyjof the shoe to varyits bending effect.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of welt supporting, welt butting and tackingmeans pro-k vided at the left side of the machine illustrated asembodying the present invention;

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` been operated upon;

' 2 is a plan view of welt supports Vand VYsidera-rms. by which they arecarried and means. Y v

showing a shoe in the machine after it has Fig. 3 is a perspectiveviewof one of the welt supports, bead deflectors'and anvil plates with whichthe machine is provided F 4 vis a View, partlyy in section of onev ofthe welt supports showing its relation to a shoe,the 'shoe being shownin section;

Figy is va view similar to Fig. 3 showing a shoe, partly broken awayVand in section, in its relation to the welt support, bead de flector,butting knife and tacking mechanism,the view being taken-after'theoperation of the knife and priorA to the tacking operation; 'and Y F ig..Gis a yview similartoiFig. .3,showing a modified construction of; thewelt support,

the -deflector ,and-the anvil plate.

The illustrated machine, which is especially l designedforebutting andtacking two-piece Storm welting, is organizedin general in the mannerdisclosed yin application SeriakNo.

v628,234,filed-ldarch 28,1923, by Goddu and Mackenzie, ,to whichreference may Vbe had for explanation ofvparts not herein-described Yindetail; A s illustratedherein, the numeral 1 0 indicates agweltsupportat the left-hand side ,of-.the.machine, .and 12oneat the righthandsideofthe machine. Fachwelt support/.has awelt engaging surfacev 14which is inclined downwardly and inwardly ywith respect to afshoe beingloperated upon to cause the'A cut portion of the welt to receive the,proper ,tmsverse taper. The welt support 10l (Fig. .3) .is ldovetailedinto a supporting member 16 having a substantially horizontal surface 18uporiy which aweltbutting knife 2Qtravelsin then/eilt butt-ingoperation, The

` surface 18 extends 'rearward-ly of the welt "support 10 toformawguardAand anvil .plate 2 2, the'forwardedge 24 .of which determi-nes the:line .onfwhichthe ,welt end Awill be out,

theqbevel of .the wel-t `vend being determined by the inclination,longitudinally and transverselyof the shoe, fofthewelt supporting l te'`surface 14 :with respect to the su-rfaces18 and ,'22fwhich aresubstantially inv a horizontal pla-ne. The inner Aedge face of the welt'support-1 0,isprovidedfwith a .groove 25 to rlve-th .bead`portiongof-"the welt.- The thev welt support 10 has a portion' 32 withan 'inwardly rand. rearwardly .directed edge ,'65vfa'c'efin;whichisolmed agroove which, as

lower side 28 of the groove constitutesa ledge for supporting Y the,bead portion .ofV the welt.

ever, this [lib is notessential yand the/welt support may be providedsimply with the bead supporting ledge 28. Atv its 'rear'end groove' 26to constitute ahead deflecting" 'e similar support 38 is attached 'to aside arm 40 at the opposite side of the machine, the support 38 carryingtheV welt support 1 2 i which, of course,'is providedv with bead supiAporting and bead dellecting means, with a guard and anvilplate, andwith abutting knife Vand tacking means similar to those'described forthe left-hand side ofthe machine f i and illustrated in.F igs. 1, 3 and5.

The side arms are connected for equal' and opposite movement but arenormally held apartV by a spring 42 in such positionsthat` a shoe Amaybe introduced, shown in Fig.

.2, withk the ends-of the main portion of the Y welt lying upon the weltsupporting surfaces Y `14 and with 'the bead 'portion supported byv Atheledges 28. As the shoe is moved rear..

' wardly into the machine, the bead ,portions of the welt move along thegrooves 26 `and are deflected inwardly bytheportions of the groovesinthe inwardly extended portions 32 of the welt supports'into thepositions shown. ln the operation ofthe machinevthe side arms 36, 40 aremoved inwardly to hold u the shoe tightly between V*the welt supports,the butting knives 2O acting inthe plane of the surfaces 18 and 22 tobutt ther welt, and f tackers'44 descend to force downwardly thedeflected ends of the bead portion againstV the'shoe-bottom and toinsert tacks46 through Y the vends of the bead portion and into the.knife 20 yrst lmoves downwardly and thenlongitudinallyand rearwardly4ofthe shoe with its edge .in the plane 'of the surfaces'18, 22 `to buttthe' endof the ymain portions! of Vthe welt, and that thetacker 44' thendescends f to press the inwardly bentfendof the bead portion 4o of thewelt and toinsert ,a tack at the point indicated vby the vdotted numeral'3746,' the `knife 20at that time 4being `located rearwardly'beyond the,tacker 44, of .course rises prior 'to' the return ymovement of theknife, which first risesand then moves .forwardlyo'f the shoe in a planeparallel .to

' but abovegthatofits .operative movement. In

Figs. 4 and 5 the upper of the shoeiisindicated by the character c,rtheinsolel by CZ, the last i by e, andvby f the stitches which the mainortiona of thewelt, th'beadportion o' of Vthe ,welt and the 'upper c,are secured toV the rib of the insole d, y

In the.C011S11"uGtio11v shown n Fiss. Yand it will be4 observed. habthebendlof ,the p inwardly directed bead portionb -of thewelt, is locatedforwardlyof. the shoewith vrespect tothe end of the main portion a ofthe welt which, after it is butted, is coincident with the edge 24 ofthe plate 22. The end of the main portion of the welt therefore extendsrearwardly beyond the bend of the bead portion of the welt and helps tofill any crevice produced by the location of the inwardly bent beadportions of the welt between the upper and the outsole.

In some instances, however, it may be desirable to have the end of themain portion of the welt terminate forwardly of the bend of the beadportion of the welt, and accordingly the construction shown in Fig. 6 isprovided. In this construction a welt support 50 has at the lower cornerof its edge face a ledge 52 for supporting the bead portion of the welt.At the rear of the welt support 50 a member 54 is provided which isarranged for adjustment transversely of the shoe and is provided at itsinner end with a rearwardly and inwardly directed edge face 56 which isgrooved to receive and deflect the bead portion of the welt inwardly ofthe shoe. The edge 58 of an anvil plate GO, which determines the line atwhich the butted end of the welt would terminate, is located, in thisconstruction, at the rear end of the welt support 50, and since the beaddeflecting means 56 is located at the rear of the edge 58, the bend ofthe bead portion will extend rearwardly of the shoe beyond the buttedend of the main portion of the welt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. In a welt butting machine, a welt support having means to support thebead portion of a two-piece storm welt,.and means for turning the end ofthe bead inwardly of the shoe as a result of longitudinal movement ofthe shoe relatively to said means.

2. In a welt butting machine for handling shoes having two-piece stormwelting attached thereto, welt supports, and bead deflecting meansconstructed and arranged to cause the ends of the bead portion of thewelt of a shoe to be bent inwardly of the shoe as a result of movementof the shoe longitudinally into the machine.

3. In a welt butting machine, a welt support having a ledge Ato supportthe bead portion of a two-piece storm welt, and means having a grooveextending inwardly of the shoe to cause the end of the bead to be turnedinwardly of the shoe by longitudinal movement of the shoe relatively tothe welt support.

4. In a machine for operating on welt shoes having two-piece stormwelting attached thereto, the combination of means for supporting oneportion of the end of the welt, and static means for bending inwardly ofthe shoe the other portion of the welt end as a result of longitudinalrearward move# Y ment of the shoe into the machine.

5. In a welt butting machine, welt supports having grooves to receivethe bead portion of a two-piece storm welt, the rear portions of saidsupports extending inwardly of the shoe to cause the ends of the bead tobe turned inwardly of the shoe by longitudinal movement of the shoerelatively to the welt supports.

6. In a welt butting machine for operating upon shoes having two-piecestorm welting attached thereto, the combination of welt supports andbead supporting and guiding members constructed and arranged to causethe ends of the bead portion of the welt to be bent inwardly of the shoeas a result of movement of the shoe longitudinally into the machine.

7. In a welt butting machine for handling storm welting which comprisesa main portion and a bead portion, the combination of welt supports toreceive the main portion of the welt for the butting operation, saidsupn ports having ledges on their inner edge faces to support the beadportion of the welt, and static deflectors to bend inwardly of the shoethe ends of the bead portion of the welt.

8. In a welt butting machine for handling shoes having two-piece stormwelting 'attached thereto, welt supports having upper faces to supportthe ends of the main part of the welt, ledges to support the ends of thebead portion, and members having inwardly and rearwardly inclined facesto turn inwardly the ends of the bead portion relatively to the shoe asa result of longitudinal movement of the shoe relatively to the weltsupports. i

9. In a welt butting machine for operating upon shoes having two-piecestorm welt-- ing attached thereto, the combination of welt supportshaving upper faces to support the mainv portion of the welt ends andledges to support the ends of the bead portion, and members havinginwardly and rearwardly'inclined faces which are grooved to receive thebead and which act to turn inwardly the ends Y of the bead portionrelatively to the shoe as a result of longitudinal movement of the shoerelatively to the welt supports.

l0. In a welt butting machineVv for operat ing upon shoes having stormwelts attached thereto, the combination of a welt support, an anvilplate on which the welt end lies to be butted, welt butting meansarranged to operate in the plane of the upper face of the anvil plate tobutt the welt, and a static deector located below the anvil plate forturning inwardly the bead portion of the welt.

11. In a welt butting machine for operating on shoes having two-piecestorm welting attached thereto, the combination of a welt support havinga grooved edge to receive the bead portion of the welt, an anvil plateon Y .which the Weit enaiiesto be ibuaea, and@ static delector locatedin a plane below the upper face of the -ranvil plate for turninginwardly the bead portion' of the welt.

f l2. In a welt butting machine for operating upon shoes having stormwelts attached thereto, the combination of a welt support having agrooved edge to receive the bead portion of rthe Welt of a shoe, ananvil plate welt for the` butting operation, welt butting means, meansfor supporting an end of `the bead portion of theiwelt, and a staticdeflector to bend inwardly of the shoe the end of the bead portion ofthe welt.

14. In a weltebuttingmachine for operat# 1 ing on shoes havingV attachedthereto storm welting which comprises a main portion and a bead portion,the combination oi' means -or i name to this specification.

supporting an end of the main portion of the f welt for the buttingoperation, welt butting means, means Vfor supporting an vend of lthe fbead portion of the welt, and static means y V constructed and Varrangedto bend inwardly Y of the shoe theend ofthe bead portion 'ofthe welt,the bend ofithe'bead being located forwardlyv rwithrespect to ythe shoeoftheV line onrwhich the ,main portion ofthe weltfis butted. i y Y l5.,In a, welt bu'ttingfmachine for operat ing on. s hoes having two-piecestorm welting f comprising a main portion and a bead portion, thecombination of welt supports to re- Y ceive the ends of thefmain portionoffthe welt for the butting operation, said supports having groovedinner edges VYto receivefthe for operating on shoes having stormywelting Y attached thereto .comprising :a main portion anda beadportion, .the combination ofaV c welt support constructed and 'arrangedto sustain the main :portion of the weltV for the butting operation,means for butting the Y main portionof the welt, said supports havinglledges to support the bead portion of the welt, means fixed with`respect' to lthe welt f supports and located forwardly ofthe line onwhich the main portion Yofft-he welt .is butted Vfor bending inwardly ofthe shoe the `end of 'the bead :portion of the welt, and

means for tacking the'vbead'v portion of the welt to the shoe bottom.

l18. In a welt lbutting and'tacking rmachine for operating on 'shoes'having Atwo-,piece storm welting comprising a main portion Vand va beadportion, the combination of welt supports to sustain theIinainfpoi'rtion ofl the welt for the butting operation, said support-shaving ledges to support Ithe `bead portion of the welt, means acting asa result-of introd-ucf tion of ashoe into the machine 'for bendinginwardly the ends of the beadportionof ItheV welt, means forbuttinggthemainv portion of the welt,.and means for :tacking thebeadportion ofthe Welt-to the insole. Y' In testimony whereof `I yhavesigned my f lFRED L. l MAQKENZIE. 'y

bead portion of the welt, and static deflectors v toV bend inwardly oftheshoe =the* ends of theV bead portion of the welt. i

I 1.6. In a welt butting and tacking machine Y for operating on shoeshaving 'two-piece storm welting comprising a main portion i and a beadportion, the'combination of a welt support constructed andarranged tosustain the main portion of the welt for vthe butting operation andhaving a ledge to support the bead portion of the welt, means fixed withrespect to the welt support lfor bending in wardly of the shoe the'endof the bead Yportion of the Welt which ext-ends beyond the inseam, meansfor butting-the main portion of the'welt, andmeans for tacking the beadportion to the shoe bottom.

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